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I am working on the 1/700 Tamiya "Tuggers" set, and I am currently nearling completion of the 100t IJN Tug from this set.

The roof of the bridge has what looks like a Linoleum flooring, but with small squares of Linoleum (in scale they would each be about 1 sq. Meter).

Does anyone know what the roofs of these tugs were made of?

The Five Star upgrade set has the roof of this tug painted as if it were metal.

I currently have painted it likewise. But it would not be difficult to change it to linoleum with brass tie-down strips (I have plenty of 20/0 and 30/0 brushes).

Here is a photo o the tug and nearly completed bridge structure:
And a close-up of the bridge:
The bridge is not yet glued together in the photos (although it now is, and I wish that I had remembered to glue it together from the inside, gluing the roof down last - live and learn...)

MB

So if I were to scratch it, then I will need plans. Anyone?

Aop.

Aop Aur wrote:uote="Maarten Sch�nfeld"]
Is this the kit? : http://freetimehobbies.com/1-350-ssn-mo ... ug-hermes/
Though that is a little expensive...maybe I should show-off my worst-in-history scratch-building skill!
Thanks, Maarten!

Aop.

Yep, that's the one I meant!

Bit expensive indeed, but I then recommend scratching a nice tug yourself, more fun an much cheaper.

Maarten

Thanks ! The plating is thin copper sheet into which the rivetts were embossed. The slightly battered effect was not really intentional, but I liked the look afterwards.

wefalck wrote:Completed this 1860s German tug (1/60 scale) some 20 years ago on the basis of drawings in a contemporary textbook on iron-shipbuilding:

More pictures here: http://www.maritima-et-mechanika.org/ma ... ustug.html

Very nice model! The slight distorting effect looks nicel!

Aop.

Maarten Sch�nfeld wrote:Hi Aop,

Think about the tugboat Hermes kit from SSN Modellbau. Nice and very German, and 1:350.

Maarten

Is this the kit? : http://freetimehobbies.com/1-350-ssn-mo ... ug-hermes/
Though that is a little expensive...maybe I should show-off my worst-in-history scratch-building skill!
Thanks, Maarten!

Aop.

Completed this 1860s German tug (1/60 scale) some 20 years ago on the basis of drawings in a contemporary textbook on iron-shipbuilding:



More pictures here: http://www.maritima-et-mechanika.org/ma ... ustug.html

Hi Aop,

Think about the tugboat Hermes kit from SSN Modellbau. Nice and very German, and 1:350.

Maarten

Hi all,
I am looking for a 1/350 scale German tug to accompany my Tirpitz diorama in Hak�ya. Any suggestions?
Here is an image of two tugs with the Tirpitz in Hak�ya:


Thanks,
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Thanks for the reply.

The Floating Dry Dock has plans for YTB-837 and 838 of the Natick class.

http://www.floatingdrydock.com/

Welcome. I'm looking for the tug boat Natick class plans. Does anyone have any drawings (top view, side view)? I would be grateful for any help ...

Tugs? Sure,..very interesting subjects. I'd like to do up one in 1/144 to go with my Fletch. build,..or a 1/125 to display alongside my Minesweeper,....er maybe in 1/72 to mate with that subchaser.......er,..or...ahhh.....yep ! I like to see them in a larger scale kit form!

TUGS ? I think they are the cat,s meow.I still don,t know how to post pics, but please take my word for it , I had a tug that was scratch - built in 1/24 scale and it was rc,d as well as lit and had working winches and a real working fire moniter (love those aquarium pumps ) .I took best in scratch at the GOLDEN GATE MODEL YACHT CLUB in 1995 . The tug is now retired and ALL the running gear is in the 1/72 scale FLOWER CLASS , CORVETTE . I have another TUG in the works and it is a plank on frame in PLASTIC (like the other one ). It,s patterened after the MR DARBY type EXCEPT it has cycloidal drive and a very different wheelhouse . Now that is what is nice about tugs .You can make them out of just about any kind of vessel .I have seen tugs on the CALIFORNIA DELTA built from lcvp,s and lcm,s as well . I know of two that were originally bouy tenders. Oh , If you are wondering , the original rc tug was called the" VIRGINIA LADY "in honor of my then very short time gone first wife .She was the inspiration for it and yes it was plastic plank on lexan frames and keel.It weighed 90 pounds ready to run . The stack was a 1" water pipe from pvc .The deck was lexan and the deckhouse and wheelhouse were sheet styrene .(full detail in the wheelhouse including a working clock made from a wristwatch !) All lights were grain of wheat and the full running gear was powered by a 12 volt electrical system for longer runs (two full hours)(I used motorcycle batteries ) The gel-cell type .I would build nothing but tugs except for one thing SPACE requirements . The 1/350 scale tugs I havent built yet , but , I do know they are in hobby shops and there is a "harbor set in 1/700" that has them. They are also available in 1/350 . The first small tug I have done is a 1/87 scale tug for "JUST TRAINS ", in CONCORD , CAL . I think JOAN still has the little guys on the store layout . Have any of you seen the tugs available in PAPER ? There,s about a dozen and the scale is a constant 1/350 or depending on brand 1/400 . Oops , I ran off at the mind again din,t I ? sorry . commodore4

Dear Colleagues,
Probably many of you are familiar with the Tamiya's 1/700 "Tugger Set", it represents several Japanese tugs and other auxilliary vessels and barges from the World War II period.
I have it and would love to build it, but I'm standardly adding the lower hulls (scratchbuilt) to the waterline models, and would like to do the same with these ships. But I have no data about how their underwater parts of hulls looked like. Please can somebody advice or share some info/schemes maybe? Thank you in advance!

Gentlemen, opinions requested please. Which kit is better; Loose Cannon's Pawnee or Battlefleet's ATF?

http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/sh ... eview.html

http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/sh ... eview.html

From reading the reviews both seem excellent and being priced within a few dollars of each other I'm having trouble deciding on which one to get. I'd like some input from you guys. I'm going to be building one towing a damaged USN light cruiser into port. Looking forward to your insights guys.

Also, how accurate are the tugs that come with some of the DML Essex kits? I remember reading on here about some accuracy issues but can't remember how bad they were.

Thanks,
-Mike

Hi Giampiero

I thought this was going to be an easy one, but when I looked in the excellent "50 years of Naval Tugs" by Bill Hannan, there was only one tug mentioned as being based at Scapa!

She was Empire Teak, coal fired, 106feet 6 inches long 243 GRT, completed in 1942 by R Dunston of Thorne.

However, there were a number of other tugs which were listed as being attached to the Home Fleet (very often for target towing as well as harbour work) which may well have been based at Scapa at some time or another.

From the Saint class there was St Cyrus, St Just (but only to 1939) and probably St Mabyn and St Olaves as well.

Bandit and Buccaneer of the Brigand class were attached to the Home Fleet as well.

Based at Rosyth, and therefore possible visitors to Scapa were Buckie Burn of the Burn class and Flamer, Handmaid and Impetus of the Flamer class.

It is likely that the large rescue tugs appeared at Scapa from time to time (although they would not have been used for harbour work) so this would have included the Assurance class tugs and the Bustler class. Also the small wartime TID tugs were used all over the place and as over 80 of them had some naval service it is highly likely some of them found their way to Scapa.

I can help with drawings of Saint class and Assurance class and TID tugs if you PM me.

The steam tug Cervia is preserved at Ramsgate and was originally built as Empire Raymond and would have been similar in appearance to Empire Teak. This is a photo of a model of her in the Ramsgate Harbour Museum. TID 164 is preserved at Chatham
Hope this helps

Don

Hi Don,

Thanks, in particular tug to Scapa Flow in II�War

Ciao
Giampiero

1/700 scale tugs I can do, but sorry, can't help with existing models of tugs in 1/350. However, f you want to scratch build, I might be able to help with drawings.

Are you looking for naval tugs, or civilian tugs (many of which were taken over for naval use) ?

If you are looking for photos and information this is a good site to try:

http://www.thamestugs.co.uk/

Good luck

Don

Hello,

A my friend is building a diorama of an English port and look for documentation on the British tug of War II.

there are models in scale 1/350?

Thanks in advance

Giampiero